Nuobi language

Nuobi
Nuobi
Luobi
Native to	China
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Southern Hani Nuobi; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	luob1237

Nuobi (autonym: Lolbiq;^[1] lu21 pi33^[2] or lo˥bi˨˩ in Jinping County meaning 'downriver';^[3] Chinese: 糯比 Luobi (Lobi)) is a Loloish language of south-central Yunnan, China.

Distribution

Nuobi is spoken in:

Dai (2009)^[7] reports that ethnic Hani in Yangjie Township (羊街乡), Yuanjiang County belong to the Nuomei (糯美) and Nuobi (糯比) subgroups, who number 9,000 people and 6,000 people respectively in the township. The Nuomei live mostly in Gedie (戈垤),^[8] Dangduo (党舵)^[9] (which also has Kucong speakers), and Bamu (坝木)^[10] administrative villages, while the Nuobi reside mostly in Langzhi (朗支)^[11] (which also has Yi speakers in Zhongliangzi 中梁子 ^[12]), Yangjie (羊街),^[13] and Diexia (垤霞)^[14] (including Yidie, 依垤^[15]^[16]) villages.

Vocabulary

The following basic vocabulary word list of Nuobi is from the Xinping County Ethnic Gazetteer (1992:209–210).

English gloss	Chinese gloss	Nuobi
One	一	tʰi³³
Two	二	ȵĩ³¹
Three	三	si³³
Four	四	ji̱³¹
Sky	天	mu³¹
Ground	地	mĩ⁵⁵
Day	日	mu⁵⁵tʂɑ³³
Month	月	bᴀ³¹lɑ³¹
Mountain	山	xɑŋ³³tʰɑ³³
Water	水	ɑ⁵⁵kʰᴀ
River	河流	lo²¹bᴀ²¹ɑ⁵⁵kʰᴀ²¹
Sea	海	bᴀ³³mo̱³³
Fire	火	ɑ⁵⁵tso²¹
Long	长	mɑ̃³¹
Short	短	mũ³¹
Red	红	nɨ⁵⁵
Black	黑	nɑ³¹
Come, to	来	ko³³lɑi³¹
Go, to	去	li³¹mɛ³³
Say, to	说	je³¹
Hit, to	打	dze⁵⁵
New	新的	xɑŋ³³sə³¹
True	真的	tseŋ³³sə³¹
Tell, to	告诉	je³³do̱³¹
Soul	灵魂	jiɑ⁵⁵ɬɑ⁵⁵
Radio	收音机	tʂau³³jiŋ³³tsi³³
Electric light	电灯	tian³⁵teŋ³³

Notes

^ Zhang, Peizhi 张佩芝 (1998). Hāníyǔ Hāyǎ fāngyán tǔyǔ cíhuì duìzhào 哈尼语哈雅方言土语词汇对照 [Comparative Vocabulary of Ha-Ya Dialects] (in Chinese). Kunming: Yunnan minzu chubanshe.
^ Yunnan sheng minzu shiwu weiyuanhui yanjiushi 雲南省民族事務委員會研究室 (1955). "Yúnnán mínzú shìbié cānkǎo zīliào" 雲南民族識別參考資料. p. 61 – via doc88.com.
^ Bradley, David (2001). Northern Hani Dialects. Paper presented at the 34th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (ICSTLL 34), Kunming, China, 24–28 October 2001.
^ Xinping County Gazetteer 1993:106, 118
^ Yuanjiang County Gazetteer 1993:81
^ Jinping County Gazetteer 1994:113–132
^ Dai, Qingxia 戴庆厦 (2009). Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng yǔyán shǐyòng xiànzhuàng jí qí yǎnbiàn 元江县羊街乡语言使用现状及其演变 [Language Status and Change in Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County] (in Chinese). Beijing: Shangwu yinshuguan. ISBN 978-7-100-06603-7.
^ "Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng Gēdié Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì" 元江县羊街乡戈垤村民委员会 [Gedie Village Committee, Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ "Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng Dǎngduò Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì" 元江县羊街乡党舵村民委员会 [Dangduo Village Committee, Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County]. ynszxc.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 2018-02-18.
^ "Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng Bàmù Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì" 元江县羊街乡坝木村民委员会 [Bamu Village Committee, Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County]. ynszxc.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 2018-02-19.
^ "Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng Làngzhī Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì" 元江县羊街乡浪支村民委员会 [Langzhi Village Committee, Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ "Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng Làngzhī Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì Zhōngliángzi" 元江县羊街乡浪支村民委员会中良子 [Zhongliangzi, Langzhi Village Committee, Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ "Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng Yángjiē Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì" 元江县羊街乡羊街村民委员会 [Yangjie Village Committee, Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ "Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng Diéxiá Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì" 元江县羊街乡垤霞村民委员会 [Diexia Village Committee, Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ "Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng Diéxiá Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì Yīdié" 元江县羊街乡垤霞村民委员会依垤 [Yidie, Diexia Village Committee, Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ Dai 2009:113

References

Xinping County Ethnic Gazetteer [新平彝族傣族自治县民族志] (1992). Kunming: Yunnan People's Press [云南民族出版社].
Wang Liujin 王六金; Li Zhengyou 李正有. 2011. 国际哈尼/阿卡区域文化调查: 中国金平县哈尼田哈尼族罗比·罗们人文化实录. Kunming: Yunnan People's Press 云南人民出版社. ISBN 978-7-222-08436-0 (Luobi 罗比 and Luomei 罗们 people of Hanitian 哈尼田, Jinhe Town 金河镇, Jinping County)

[1] Zhang, Peizhi 张佩芝 (1998). Hāníyǔ Hāyǎ fāngyán tǔyǔ cíhuì duìzhào 哈尼语哈雅方言土语词汇对照 [Comparative Vocabulary of Ha-Ya Dialects] (in Chinese). Kunming: Yunnan minzu chubanshe.

[2] Yunnan sheng minzu shiwu weiyuanhui yanjiushi 雲南省民族事務委員會研究室 (1955). "Yúnnán mínzú shìbié cānkǎo zīliào" 雲南民族識別參考資料. p. 61 – via doc88.com.

[Bradley2001-3] Bradley, David (2001). Northern Hani Dialects. Paper presented at the 34th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (ICSTLL 34), Kunming, China, 24–28 October 2001.

[4] Xinping County Gazetteer 1993:106, 118

[5] Yuanjiang County Gazetteer 1993:81

[6] Jinping County Gazetteer 1994:113–132

[7] Dai, Qingxia 戴庆厦 (2009). Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng yǔyán shǐyòng xiànzhuàng jí qí yǎnbiàn 元江县羊街乡语言使用现状及其演变 [Language Status and Change in Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County] (in Chinese). Beijing: Shangwu yinshuguan. ISBN 978-7-100-06603-7.

[8] "Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng Gēdié Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì" 元江县羊街乡戈垤村民委员会 [Gedie Village Committee, Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

[9] "Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng Dǎngduò Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì" 元江县羊街乡党舵村民委员会 [Dangduo Village Committee, Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County]. ynszxc.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 2018-02-18.

[10] "Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng Bàmù Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì" 元江县羊街乡坝木村民委员会 [Bamu Village Committee, Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County]. ynszxc.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 2018-02-19.

[11] "Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng Làngzhī Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì" 元江县羊街乡浪支村民委员会 [Langzhi Village Committee, Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

[12] "Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng Làngzhī Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì Zhōngliángzi" 元江县羊街乡浪支村民委员会中良子 [Zhongliangzi, Langzhi Village Committee, Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

[13] "Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng Yángjiē Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì" 元江县羊街乡羊街村民委员会 [Yangjie Village Committee, Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

[14] "Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng Diéxiá Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì" 元江县羊街乡垤霞村民委员会 [Diexia Village Committee, Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

[15] "Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng Diéxiá Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì Yīdié" 元江县羊街乡垤霞村民委员会依垤 [Yidie, Diexia Village Committee, Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

[16] Dai 2009:113

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